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APPENDIX E.
Corporation of London.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Compulsory Notification of Chicken-pox.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London,
as the Sanitary Authority for the City of London, Do hereby by virtue of the powers vested
in them by Section 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and with the approval of the Minister
of Health, Order that the provisions of the said Act, with respect to infectious disease, shall apply
in the City of London to the disease known as Chicken-pox, in addition to the diseases specifically
mentioned in Section 55 of the said Act (or any Order extending or amending the same) and that
for a period of twelve months from the 18th day of March, 1931, Chicken-pox shall be a compulsorily
notifiable disease within the City of London.
BELL.
Guildhall,
London, E.C. 2.
26th February, 1931.
APPENDIX F.
MARKING OF IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS.
SHORT NOTICE TO TRADERS.
Imported foodstuffs of the following kinds must, by law, be marked to show where they came
from :—
1. Fresh Apples;
2. Raw Tomatoes;
3. Eggs (hen or duck eggs in shell);
4. Dried Eggs;
5. Currants, sultanas and raisins;
6. Oat products (oatmeal, rolled oats, oat flour, and groats);
7. Honey.
If the goods are from foreign countries, they must be marked either with the word "Foreign"
or with words which show the country from which they came, such as "Grown in France," "Dutch
Produce" or "Danish." If they are imported from overseas parts of the Empire, they must be
marked with the word "Empire" or with words showing the country from which they came, such
as " Australian Produce," " Grown in Guernsey " or " Canadian."
Fresh apples, raw tomatoes, loose currants, sultanas and raisins, and loose oat products must
be clearly marked with a show ticket having letters not less than half an inch high when exposed for sale
in any quantity. These goods must also be marked when actually sold if they are sold in quantities
of more than 14 lb., but when sold in quantities of 14 lb. or less, they may be handed to the purchaser
in unmarked bags.
Packages of currants, sultanas and raisins made up before reaching the retailer; packages of
dried eggs made up before reaching the retailer; containers of honey; and packages of oat products
made up before reaching the retailer, should be marked in capital letters not less than one-twelfth
of an inch in height where the longest side of the package is not more than six inches, and not less than
one-eighth of an inch in height when the longest side is more than six inches.
Blends or mixtures of oat products, or of honey, may be marked simply "Blended Imported."
Imported eggs must be plainly stamped on the shell of each egg in letters not less than one-twelfth
of an inch high.
This notice is intended only to give short particulars of what is required when these goods are
exposed for sale in shops, or on stalls and barrows, and when they are sold by shop-keepers, stallholders
and barrowmen. Further details about the Orders made under the Merchandise Marks Act,
1926, can be obtained from:—
The Medical Officer of Health,
Guildhall, E.C. 2.
Traders can be prosecuted and fined if they do not carry out these marking Orders.